Taxes and Budget

22 organizations, elected officials launch Prosperity Coalition to target LePage's tax breaks for the wealthy

Organized labor, faith communities, immigrants, women, students and grassroots activists join fight for fair taxes and a responsible budget AUGUSTA, Maine — A diverse group of 22 […]

Posted May 9, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

Dubbing itself “the Prosperity Coalition,” the group includes the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a state employee union, immigrant rights groups, clergy and advocates for several causes. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 9, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

New tax proposal would guarantee wealthy pay as much as everyone else

Today, most of Maine’s middle class and working families are paying a higher effective state and local tax rate than the top 1 percent of households.[i] A […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 7, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

EITC is so effective that 29 states, including Maine, have created their own state-level EITCs to build on the federal credit’s success. Unfortunately, as Mainers’ cost of […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 24, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

In Maine, more than 103,000 families received the federal EITC in 2017 with an average refund of $2,158. Another 20,000, by IRS estimates, are eligible for the credit but […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 19, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Commentary: Local-option tax the wrong solution to Maine communities’ funding challenges

Over the past decade, choices in the Legislature have caused roughly $720 million worth of budget shortfalls in towns and cities across Maine. This year, lawmakers should […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 11, 2019

Tags Local, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

In the past, payroll managers depended largely on the number of personal exemptions claimed by an employee to determine family size, which helped them calculate how much […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 9, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax

Communities in every corner of the state have suffered from underfunding of education and local services. The symptoms of cuts to communities are greater pressure on town […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 27, 2019

Tags Local, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Eliminating the income tax would rig our tax code for the wealthiest, guarantee budget shortfalls

Maine’s Legislature is considering a bill that would incrementally eliminate Maine’s income tax. While there is little likelihood of the bill becoming law, it’s critical to note […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 14, 2019

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Raising taxes on corporate profits over $2 million would boost Maine's economy, improve tax fairness

Corporations need reliable infrastructure and healthy, educated workers to be successful. The Legislature and local communities work hard to foster these conditions for success. Businesses chip in […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 13, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

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22 organizations, elected officials launch Prosperity Coalition to target LePage's tax breaks for the wealthy

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

New tax proposal would guarantee wealthy pay as much as everyone else

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Commentary: Local-option tax the wrong solution to Maine communities’ funding challenges

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax

Eliminating the income tax would rig our tax code for the wealthiest, guarantee budget shortfalls

Raising taxes on corporate profits over $2 million would boost Maine's economy, improve tax fairness